Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Standards of Care, Related Practices and Oversight in Nursing Homes: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Pádraig O'SullivanPádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)

A lot of the discourse has been leaning that way up to now but based on what the witnesses have said, that is not necessarily reflective.

There was an incident in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme where there was a lack of incontinence sheets for beds and people were encouraged to defecate in bed. In that situation, who is at fault? Is it the employees for making do? I saw they tied a few incontinence pads together to provide a sheet. Is it management for not providing the equipment? Is the employee just as culpable for making do at 2 a.m. without the resources required to do the job?

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